Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems

CDNS· Services· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025Stock +4.0% in FY2025

Anirudh Devgan is the CEO of Cadence Design Systems and was paid $56.7M in FY2025 (Dec), up 194%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $229
CEO pay is from each Cadence Design Systems proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1Anirudh DevganFY2025
  2. 2John M. WallFY2025
  3. 3Paul ScannellFY2025
  4. 4Paul CunninghamFY2025
  5. 5Chin-Chi TengFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Cadence Design Systems paid its 5 named executives $119.9M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Anirudh Devgan was paid $56.7M of that.

Name
Anirudh DevganPresident and Chief Executive Officer
John M. WallSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Paul ScannellSenior Vice President, Customer Success TeamNot disclosedNot disclosed
Paul CunninghamSenior Vice President, GM, System Verification GroupNot disclosedNot disclosed
Chin-Chi TengSenior Vice President, GM, Digital & Signoff GroupNot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers17

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Cadence Design Systems names 17 peer companies for pay. Pay versus performance data of Cadence Design Systems for that year is not on file, so it has no rank.

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Activity

  1. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CFO pay rose 174% to $17.1M. The stock rose 4% in FY2025 (Dec).
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  2. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CEO pay rose 194% to $56.7M. The stock rose 4% in FY2025 (Dec).
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  3. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CEO pay rose 11% to $19.3M. The stock rose 10% in FY2024 (Dec).
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  4. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems Division head pay fell 50% to $5.4M. The stock rose 70% in FY2023 (Dec).
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  5. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems Division head pay rose 154% to $10.9M. The stock fell 14% in FY2022 (Dec).
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  6. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CFO pay fell 47% to $5.9M. The stock rose 70% in FY2023 (Dec).
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  7. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CFO pay rose 14% to $11.2M. The stock fell 14% in FY2022 (Dec).
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  8. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems Division head pay fell 49% to $4.9M. The stock rose 70% in FY2023 (Dec).
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  9. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems Division head pay rose 186% to $9.5M. The stock fell 14% in FY2022 (Dec).
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  10. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CEO pay fell 46% to $17.3M. The stock rose 70% in FY2023 (Dec).
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  11. Pay
    Cadence Design Systems CEO pay rose 48% to $32.2M. The stock fell 14% in FY2022 (Dec).
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Filings20

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Current report8-KMay 12, 2026—
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 25, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 19, 2026FY2025
Current report8-KNov 17, 2025—
Current report8-KMay 12, 2025—
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 25, 2025FY2024
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